What is natural sort?

Natural sort treats embedded numbers as numbers instead of characters. So file2, file10, file1 naturally sorts to file1, file2, file10 (not file1, file10, file2 as in pure alphabetical).

How does numeric sort handle non-numbers?

Lines that don't parse as numbers sort to the end (ascending) or start (descending), preserving their relative order.

Is case sensitivity the default?

No. By default, case is ignored so "apple" and "Apple" compare equal. Toggle case sensitivity to put uppercase letters before lowercase in A-Z order.

Sort Lines (Alphabetical, Numeric, Length)

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Free line sorter. Paste any multi-line text and sort alphabetically, numerically (handles signed/float numbers), by line length, or by natural order (treats embedded numbers correctly — file2 before file10). Toggle case sensitivity, reverse order, and duplicate removal.

Input (10 lines)

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Output (10 lines)

101
42
9
Apple
APPLE
banana
cherry
file1.txt
file10.txt
file2.txt

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